Oil spill detection using Radar

As we already know, oil spills/slicks are a major cause of water pollution. The complications deriving from detecting the oil spills are generated by the wind and the water surface conditions. Data processing and optimization should be done carefully, taking into account the fact that reflexions are very low in the oil spots/slicks areas. The paper presents an optimized method in order to detect and classify these oil slicks, by using radar data within the spots polluted areas. A case study is also presented.